Australians love to travel – yet one of the realities of being based in the antipodes is that very often, this involves a long haul flight. Imogen A. Rose sat down with leading health expert in travel medicine, Dr Richard Dawood to get all the up-in-air advice for travelling safely.

Imogen Rose takes you on a luxurious journey north, to the Gold Coast, where she shows you how to find warmth, style and comfort as the months begin to cool.

Imogen Rose takes you to Queensland’s largest inland city and a comfortable drive of around 90 minutes from Brisbane, Toowoomba is a great place for a day trip.

The residents of Christchurch, imbued with an enterprising, entrepreneurial spirit have responded to earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 quickly, finding innovative ways to rebuild its infrastructure.

It's a city of extraordinary beauty and appeal! Perhaps more than any other Australian City and as Imogen A. Rose discovers, it offers a remarkable combination of location, atmosphere, natural, and architectural beauty.

Imogen Rose recommends a quick break in the sunshine in the largest city on New Zealand's North Island.

There is a familiarity, a genuine connection between Australians and New Zealanders. When New Zealanders suffer, particularly from something as devastating as the 2011 February Christchurch earthquake, it feels personal for many of us.

Several times a year, the famous French seaside town of Cannes provides a forum for the media world and its various festivals and markets. The Cannes Film Festival is the most famous. Finding myself at one such event I soon learn that beyond the frenetic and glamorous corporate world of film and television is an attractive, culturally rich and diverse city, steeped in tradition and history.